Stairway to mezzanine at Loews Theater on Fourth Street between Broadway and Chestnut, Louisville, Kentucky. Two coterminous flights of filigree-railed stairs (broken only by a small landing half the way up, over which pillars support a small roof)...

Well-known and widely reproduced photogravure of a drawing of 18th century British actor John Philip Kemble in costume for the role of Cato. He is seated, wearing a toga and Roman sandals and holding a scroll across his lap.

Character portrait of left profile of performer R. D. McLean, with his hair powdered, and wearing a toga. Born March 7, 1859 in New Orleans, Louisiana, McLean and his wife, fellow actor Marie Prescott, toured together until Prescott's death in the...

Widely-reproduced photogravure of full-length character portrait of Wilson Barrett in costume for the role of Claudian in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." He wears a toga, Roman sandals, and shackles, and stands on stone steps amid columns and...

Full-length character portrait of performer Charles Dalton in costume for his role in "The Sign of the Cross." He stands before a backdrop of a temple (with columns), wearing a floor-length toga. Charles Dalton, born August 29, 1864 in England,...

Portrait of left profile of actor Louis James portraying Julius Caesar, with white hair and a toga. Born in Illinois in 1842, James made twelve appearances at Macauley's Theatre between 1879 and 1908, performing mostly Shakespearean plays,...

Character portrait of Alexander (Alessandro) Salvini, a famous Italian actor best known for light opera performances. He has curly hair, an intense expression, and wears a toga. The son of Tommaso Salvini, Salvini was born in 1861 and appeared at...

Character portrait of right profile of Osmond Tearle in Ancient Roman costume (toga), possibly portraying a role in "Ben Hur," in which a Conway Tearle performed at Macauley's Theatre in March 1908. Location of photo studio: New York (N.Y.)

Character portrait of actor Louis James in three-quarter profile, wearing a toga, perhaps for the role of Julius Caesar. Born in Illinois in 1842, James made twelve appearances at Macauley's Theatre between 1879 and 1908, performing mostly...

Art Deco-style color portrait of an unidentified woman wearing laurel leaves in her hair, and a yellow toga with a white sleeve. Painted panels along the side depict theatrical masks atop branches. Title supplied by cataloger.

"Mosaic from the Augustan era that decorated the open triclinium of domus I, 5, 2; it is an allegory of the fleeting nature of earthly pleasures and of the leveling power of death. Below the skull, a butterfly and a wheel evoke the soul and its...

"This portrait of Emperor Augustus (27 B.C. - 14 A.D.) is a fragment of a full-length statue that was recarved into a bust and then set on an architectural element taken from another source. The chin, nose, and arch of the right eyebrow are...

"When the emperor passed by a crowd, lictors were responsible for holding the onlookers back. The statue here is composed of three lictors standing side by side, their heads turned slightly toward their right. They wear long togas draped over...

The Louvre portrait is of a "young boy wearing a toga praetexta (a purple-bordered toga) and bulla (ornament worn around a child's neck). […] Comparisons with coins bearing the image of Britannicus exclude the possibility that this is a portrait of...

"[…] this statue of Livia, wife of Augustus, underwent not only many modern restorations but also additions such as the arms, the cornucopia, part of the crown of flowers, and large pieces of veil around the neck. Given these circumstances, it is...

"With its somewhat distant-looking quality and distinctive crown of olive leaves, this statue is most likely a memorial portrait. Although the head and body originally came from two separate statues, they are chronologically consistent. The face's...

Discovered in Reims (France).
"This sculpture demonstrates the capacity of Roman artists to synthesize widely divergent influences and draw upon diverse styles. It shows that Roman art was capable of addressing very different concerns while still...

"[…] this child's sarcophagus has been reassembled from many fragments. The front panel is, however, in fairly good condition, with a few missing pieces reconstructed from Carrara marble. […] This sarcophagus is among the earliest of the few...